| Like just-cooked bacon | 22 |
| Like a brand-new dollar bill | 28 |
| Like a brand new dollar bill | 28 |
| Crunchy, like some bacon | 24 |
| Refrigerator compartment | 24 |
| Where cooler heads prevail? | 27 |
| Most fresh, as lettuce | 22 |
| Cooked longer, perhaps | 22 |
| Peter of rock's Kiss | 24 |
| Traverse back and forth | 23 |
| Street magician ___ Angel | 25 |
| Stand used for shaping tiles | 28 |
| Monte -- (grilled sandwich) | 27 |
| Monte ___ (grilled sandwich) | 28 |
| Short and sweet review? | 23 |
| Lit-_____ (college study) | 25 |
| Lit ___ (humanities course) | 27 |
| Lit ___ (college course) | 24 |
| Opening night attendee | 22 |
| Book or movie reviewer | 22 |
| One making picks and pans | 25 |
| Rotten Tomatoes contributor | 27 |
| He's quick on the flaw | 26 |
| Gael Greene or Rex Reed | 23 |
| Great all-around reviews | 24 |
| Four-star ratings, say | 22 |
| Chain reaction requirement | 26 |
| Reviewer's article | 22 |
| It's a livin' thing | 27 |
| Cow or horse, to a ranch hand | 29 |
| Zagreb's land, to the IOC | 29 |
| ___-Magnon (prehistoric man) | 28 |
| HUN neighbor, to the IOC | 24 |
| Early man's beginning? | 26 |
| Balkan land, in the Olympics | 28 |
| Assassins reward (Celtic) | 25 |
| ___-Magnon cave, in France | 26 |
| ___-Magnon (early human) | 24 |
| _____-Magnon (early human) | 26 |
| Have a frog in your throat? | 27 |
| Froggy's last comment? | 26 |
| Sounds from a lily pad | 22 |
| Certain Eastern European | 24 |
| Likely Dubrovnik resident | 25 |
| Hungarian's neighbor | 24 |
| Goran Ivanisevic, notably | 25 |
| Bosnian's neighbor | 22 |
| Dalmatian Coast country | 23 |
| Nikola Tesla's homeland | 27 |
| It became independent in 1991 | 29 |
| Ancient Illyricum, today | 24 |
| Serbian's neighbor | 22 |
| Nile denizen, for short | 23 |
| Captain Hook's foe | 22 |
| "Peter Pan" beast | 27 |
| Swamp menace, for short | 23 |
| "Peter Pan" critter | 29 |
| Swamp critter, for short | 24 |
| Moat menace, for short | 22 |
| Hook's nemesis, briefly | 27 |
| Swamp reptile, for short | 24 |
| Swamp denizen, briefly | 22 |
| Swamp critter, informally | 25 |
| Swamp creature, for short | 25 |
| Peter Pan menace, for short | 27 |
| Nile swimmer, for short | 23 |
| Nile reptile, informally | 24 |
| Hook nemesis, for short | 23 |
| Bigmouthed critter, briefly | 27 |
| Big reptile, informally | 23 |
| Zambezi denizen, for short | 26 |
| Swamp dweller, for short | 24 |
| Swamp critter, briefly | 22 |
| Swamp beast, for short | 22 |
| Riverbank basker, informally | 28 |
| River predator, briefly | 23 |
| Reptile without a tail? | 23 |
| Ravenous reptile, for short | 27 |
| Nile reptile, for short | 23 |
| Nile menace, informally | 23 |
| Nile menace, for short | 22 |
| Mangrove menace, informally | 27 |
| Madagascar menace, briefly | 26 |
| Hook pursuer, for short | 23 |
| Gator's counterpart | 23 |
| Florida floater, briefly | 24 |
| Everglades stalker, for short | 29 |
| Everglades denizen, for short | 29 |
| Critter with a lot of teeth | 27 |
| Caiman's cousin, briefly | 28 |
| Big-jawed reptile, for short | 28 |
| Aquatic reptile, for short | 26 |
| AlligatorÕs cousin | 22 |
| "Peter Pan" ticker | 28 |
| "Operator" singer | 27 |
| Dance critic Arlene ___ | 23 |
| Leroy Brown's creator | 25 |
| Italian philosopher-historian | 29 |
| Departed 70's singer | 24 |
| Where saffron comes from | 24 |